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Puppets -- Big Freaking Puppets -- At HGO's Queen of Spades

 Puppets two feet tall, puppets 15 feet tall, they're all in Houston Grand Opera's production of Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades. The opera follows the misfortunes of Herman, a penniless young man desperate for the love of Lisa, a girl of noble birth. Lisa's grandmother, a Countess is calle ... More >>

Rid Of Me And Other Great Albums With Truly Hideous Covers

​MGMT's new album, Congratulations, comes out in April! We're excited. MGMT's 2008 debut album, Oracular Spectacular, was fantastic, and we can't wait to hear what they've got in store for the follow-up. We're positive it will be awesome, as those weird-ass kids are only going to get weirder as th ... More >>

They Were Kinky Before Kinky Was Kinky: Musicians Who Have Held Public Office

From Ted Nugent to Bruce Springsteen to those adorable Dixie Chicks, "Masters of War" to "George Bush doesn't care about black people," musicians have never been shy about voicing their political opinions. But when it comes to putting their money where their mouths are and filing the necessary pape ... More >>

I Wanna Be Your Dog (Or Cat): The Mad Libs Edition

Hair Balls was cleaning out our closet the other day and, right there next to our old Little League uniform and a fossilized finger-bone of Jimmy Hoffa, was a stack of old Mad Libs books. It unleashed a flood of memories -- staying up past bedtime with friends, laughing like fools as we co ... More >>

He Said She Said: Songs We Are Least Thankful For

​ She Said heard her first holiday song Monday, at around 9 p.m. in the Montrose Walgreens, and suddenly she was transported to her own personal hell - one filled solely with late-night pharmacy shoppers and Mariah Carey's

Lonesome Onry and Mean: A Brief History of "Danny Boy" - Evergreen But Not Exactly Irish

​The Pogues are only one week away, so no time like the present to reflect on Irish music. For many Americans, no song epitomizes Irish music like "Danny Boy." Lonesome Onry and Mean was gently prodding my Irish and European friends at the boozer recently regarding their opinions about the top rec ... More >>

Aftermath: Har Mar Superstar, My Jerusalem and the TMI Brigade at Super Happy Fun Land

Photos by Brittanie SheyGive them drugs so they'll shut up (please): Har Mar openers My Jerusalem​ Rocks Off pulled into the parking lot of Super Happy Fun Land fashionably late Saturday night just in time to see Sean Tillmann (a.k.a. Har Mar Superstar, clad in street clothes instead of his usual ... More >>

For Method Man, Five Musical Shootings

​Should be an interesting scene at House of Blues this evening, where Method Man, not exactly the shy type, might get a little more attention than he bargained for. Rumor has it some time between sound check and the tall, fragrant rapper's headlining set with Redman, he'll be served with papers in ... More >>

Random Rodeo and The End of NoTsuOh?

25 facts about Houston's biggest show

25 Random Facts About The Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo

Logo courtesy HLS&RThe Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo is coming to town this week, the sign that spring can't be far behind.We've promised ourselves for weeks that we would never, ever succumb to the "25 Random Things" meme, or phenomenon, or whatever it is, but we have received in the ... More >>

Lost Tuneage: Sea Level

www.chuckleavell.com The original Sea Level (l-r): Lamar Alexander, Chuck Leavell, Jaimoe Johanson, Jimmy Nalls Who Dat? When the 1976 lineup of the Allman Brothers Band dissolved in a haze of drugs, solo careers and Cher, members Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson (drums), Chuck Leavell (keyboar ... More >>

Drenched in Blog: Why the Pee-Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special Creeps Me Out

In 1988, few things were as cool or innovative on Saturday mornings as Pee-Wee's Playhouse. Each week, we screamed the secret word, connected dots, watched old weird-ass cartoons and saw Saturday Night Live star Phil Hartman play a surly sea captain. The show was something five-year olds and ... More >>

Happy Thanksgiving: A Totally Different Kind of Turkey

This is Ajda Pekkan, who, although she looks more like Suzanne Somers, is sort of like the Cher of Turkey. This song is called "Bambaska Biri" - the words may not be familiar, but Rocks Off thinks you might just recognize the tune. - Chris Gray

Lonesome, Onry and Mean: Pat Green's Instant Karma

Ted Nugent Reloads, and Lots of Gun Songs

Get Lit: The Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy, by Robert Leleux

Cover Story: The Heimlich Maneuver, Drowning and Potsie

I Can’t Stand the Rain...

Björk

Middle-aged pixie

Drag Queen Bingo

Where blue balls are called every game!

BEERS, STEERS AND...

Fried Twinkies, $5 bumper cars, Hannah Montana and the hardest working kids in Texas

Mean Streets

NASCAR has nothing on Houston freeways

David vs. Goliath

Scenes from the Starbucks trial

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Sex, Drugs and Jeff Tweedy's National Geographic Collection

Rock memoirs take us behind the music

Method Rocking

Minnie Driver and Juliette Lewis have started bands. Come on, you know you're curious.

Queen of Clubs

Dance royalty is in the cards for remix diva Amber

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

A Matter of Taste

Rock of Ages

Mayor of the Sunset Strip presides over pop

Cyndi Lauper

Sunday, April 25

The Kings of Queens

The Kinsey Sicks quartet busts into Houston

Chasing Mandy

A pop-star-turned-actress tries to move into her "mature phase"

Farrelly Mediocre

The idiots what brung you Dumb and Dumber ain't funny no more

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Frankly Funny

Joe Frank comes to life in Jerry's World

Best AM Radio Personality

Paul Berlin

You'll Cry, You'll Laugh

Theater LaB and Stages prove 'tis better to be funny than to take yourself too seriously

Mighty Mediocre

Wind bags a few charming laughs, but mostly meanders

Too Young to Drink

It's that Beaujolais Nouveau time of year again, but has the hype worn thin?

Garbage

Thursday, May 16

You Don't Know Mac

Get your recliner and No. 2 pencil

Blow Up the Box

TV managed to suck and blow in 2000, but still, we watched...and watched

Pasta à la Goth

Out on the Town

Kids gather comfortablyfor a special prom

Press Picks

Talked to Death

Headline:Faithful proves too true to the play that birthed it

Fashion Plate

Clueless is an improbably entertaining time-waster

Press Picks

The Year of Living Anxiously

Are We Having Fun Yet? Or is it just the jangly buzz of advanced urban stress syndrome?